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A documentarian funds an N.Y.C. doorman's East Asian mail-order bride in exchange for the right to film the experience.A documentarian funds an N.Y.C. doorman's East Asian mail-order bride in exchange for the right to film the experience.A documentarian funds an N.Y.C. doorman's East Asian mail-order bride in exchange for the right to film the experience.
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Sam Lisenco
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- TriviaEugenia Yuan's character name "Lichi" is actually her Chinese name in real-life.
- GoofsIn the segment following his return from the alma mater trip, Andrew states that they are using a rental camera since Lichi took his. However, he was using the camera during the trip, so it wasn't there for her to take.
- SoundtracksBailar Merengue
Performed by Mangana
Written by Edith Mesch
Courtesy of LoveCat Music
Published by Big Tiger Music (BMI)
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I can't believe people this this movie was a real documentary.
I am an ex-pat living in Hong Kong, so I was really curious when I saw this DVD in the shop. Within 10 minutes of watching it, I was confused. This chick is supposed to be from Burma. Let me tell you now, Burmese is not Chinese. She opens speaking Mandarin.....which I thought was quite strange.....then later she spoke the Cantonese dialect, which is only used in Hong Hong and the Canton province's in China (notably Guanzhou). This didn't seem right....after looking it up IMDb, I realized that she is actually Hong Kong Chinese. Not only that, she is a famous actress in Hong Kong, more recently playing a lead role in Memoirs of a Geisha.
They could of at least portrayed her as Chinese, and not Burmese. And the fact that her dialect changed from Mandarin to Cantonese, made it obvious that this was fake. The producers really should have done their homework. But then again, I guess most people in the Western world wouldn't know this.
Just a little insight that I thought you all would like to know.
I am an ex-pat living in Hong Kong, so I was really curious when I saw this DVD in the shop. Within 10 minutes of watching it, I was confused. This chick is supposed to be from Burma. Let me tell you now, Burmese is not Chinese. She opens speaking Mandarin.....which I thought was quite strange.....then later she spoke the Cantonese dialect, which is only used in Hong Hong and the Canton province's in China (notably Guanzhou). This didn't seem right....after looking it up IMDb, I realized that she is actually Hong Kong Chinese. Not only that, she is a famous actress in Hong Kong, more recently playing a lead role in Memoirs of a Geisha.
They could of at least portrayed her as Chinese, and not Burmese. And the fact that her dialect changed from Mandarin to Cantonese, made it obvious that this was fake. The producers really should have done their homework. But then again, I guess most people in the Western world wouldn't know this.
Just a little insight that I thought you all would like to know.
- danielgpinto
- Sep 2, 2006
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- Mail Order Bride
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- Gross US & Canada
- $62,387
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,643
- Mar 13, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $65,369
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